copyright

For Wiktionary's copyrights, see Wiktionary:Copyrights

English

Etymology

copy +‎ right

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: copy‧right

Noun

copyright (usually uncountable, plural copyrights)

1. (uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

   Copyright is a separate legal area from trademarks.

2. (countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.

   The artist lost the copyrights to her songs when she signed the contract.

   The images are still copyright of the original artist.

3. (uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
   • 2019 October 23, Christine Fisher, “House passes controversial copyright bill that could be abused by trolls”, in Engadget‎^[1]:

     Anyone accused of copyright would have sixty days to opt-out of the Copyright Claims Board process, in which case the plaintiff would have to seek legal action in court.

Derived terms

• ad interim copyright
• anticopyright
• copyright laundering
• copyright symbol
• copyright trap
• copyright troll
• poor man's copyright

 

Translations

right to publish

• Albanian: e drejtë e autorit f
• Arabic: حُقُوق النَّشْر‎ pl (ḥuqūq an-našr)
• Armenian: հեղինակային իրավունք (hy) (hełinakayin iravunkʿ)
• Azerbaijani: müəllif hüququ
• Belarusian: а́ўтарскае пра́ва n (áŭtarskaje práva)
• Bulgarian: а́вторско пра́во n (ávtorsko právo)
• Burmese: မူပိုင် (my) (mupuing), မူပိုင်ခွင့် (mupuinghkwang.)
• Catalan: drets d'autor m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 版權／版权 (baan² kyun⁴)

  Mandarin: 版權／版权 (zh) (bǎnquán)

  Min Nan: 版權／版权 (zh-min-nan) (pán-kôan)

• Cornish: gwir-brintya m, gwirbryntyans m, gwir-pryntya m
• Czech: autorské právo n, copyright (cs) m
• Danish: ophavsret c
• Dutch: auteursrecht (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭtora rajto, aŭtororajto, kopirajto (eo)
• Estonian: autoriõigus
• Finnish: tekijänoikeus (fi), copyright (fi)
• French: (right always owned by the author) droit d'auteur (fr) m, (right attached to the work) copyright (fr) m
• Georgian: საავტორო უფლებები (saavṭoro uplebebi)
• German: Urheberrecht (de) n
• Greek: δικαιώματα δημιουργού n pl (dikaiómata dimiourgoú), πνευματικά δικαιώματα (el) n pl (pnevmatiká dikaiómata)
• Hausa: hakkin-mallaka (ha)
• Hindi: कॉपीराइट m (kŏpīrāiṭ), स्वत्वाधिकार m (svatvādhikār), प्रकाशनाधिकार m (prakāśanādhikār), प्रतिलिप्यधिकार m (pratilipyadhikār)
• Hungarian: szerzői jog (hu)
• Icelandic: höfundarréttur
• Ido: autoryuro
• Indonesian: hak cipta (id)
• Irish: cóipcheart m
• Italian: copyright (it) m, diritto d'autore (it) m
• Japanese: 版権 (はんけん, hanken), 著作権 (ja) (ちょさくけん, chosakuken)
• Kazakh: авторлық құқық (avtorlyq qūqyq)
• Korean: 저작권(著作權) (ko) (jeojakgwon)
• Kyrgyz: автордук укук (avtorduk ukuk)
• Lao: ລິຂະສິດ (lo) (li kha sit)
• Latvian: autortiesības f pl
• Lithuanian: autorinė teisė f, autorių teisė f
• Luxembourgish: Auteursrecht n
• Macedonian: а́вторско пра́во n (ávtorsko právo)
• Malay: hak cipta
• Malayalam: പകർപ്പവകാശം (ml) (pakaṟppavakāśaṃ)
• Maltese: dritt tal-awtur m
• Manx: coip-chiart m
• Maori: manatā, manatārua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: opphavsrett m

  Nynorsk: opphavsrett m

• Persian: کپی رایت‎ (fa) (kopi-râyt), حق تکثیر‎ (haqq-e taksir)
• Polish: prawo autorskie n
• Portuguese: direitos autorais m pl
• Romanian: drept de autor n
• Russian: а́вторское пра́во (ru) n (ávtorskoje právo)
• Scottish Gaelic: dlighe-sgrìobhaidh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ауторско право n

  Roman: autorsko pravo n

• Slovak: autorské právo n
• Slovene: avtorske pravice f pl
• Spanish: derechos de autor m pl, derecho de autor, derecho de copia
• Swedish: copyright (sv) c, upphovsrätt (sv) c, upphovsrättsskydd n
• Tagalog: karapatang-akda, karapatang-sipi (tl)
• Tajik: ҳаққи таксир (haqqi taksir)
• Thai: ลิขสิทธิ์ (th) (lík-kà-sìt)
• Tigrinya: መሰል ደራሲ (mäsäl därasi)
• Turkish: telif hakkı (tr)
• Ukrainian: а́вторське пра́во n (ávtorsʹke právo)
• Uzbek: mualliflik huquqi
• Vietnamese: bản quyền (vi) (版權)
• Welsh: hawlfraint f
• Yakut: ааптар бырааба (aaptar bıraaba)
• Zhuang: banjgienz

Verb

copyright (third-person singular simple present copyrights, present participle copyrighting, simple past and past participle copyrighted)

1. (transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
   • 1907, United States Congress House. Committee on Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations, page 253:

     Every book will be copyrighted that the publisher believes will have such a market as will justify him in going to the expense of copyrighting to prevent competition from other publishers.

   • 1993, Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn, The Beast at Work, →ISBN, page 161:

     Further, Mr. Mullins writes FOR YOU-THE-PEOPLE, copyrighting to protect listings and to make a statement—but willingly shares his work for, after all, if it is not read then of what worth is a book?

   • 1997, Marc Davison, All Area Access: Personal Management for Unsigned Musicians, →ISBN, page 171:

     The sealed contents inside postmarked by the United States Post office will be proof enough of exactly when your work was completed. The disadvantage to this form of copyrighting is that your work is not traceable for anyone who is interested in acquiring information regarding copyright ownership.

   • 2002, Spider-Man (film)

     J. J. Jameson: The Green Goblin. You like that? Made it up myself. These weirdos all gotta have a name now. Hoffman! Call the patent office, copyright the name "Green Goblin". I want a quarter every time somebody says it.

   • 2006, Josh Becker & Bruce Campbell, The Complete Guide to Low-Budget Feature Filmmaking, →ISBN, page 55:

     When your script is completed you need to copyright it with the Library of Congress in Washington DC (you can get the forms from: Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 20559. Request form PA, or you can download them from www.loc.gov/copyright).

   • 2008, Ann Gaines, Don't Steal Copyrighted Stuff!, →ISBN:

     Everything else that is written or created is automatically copyrighted.

Derived terms

• copyrightable

Translations

place under a copyright

• Dutch: onder auteursrecht plaatsen
• Finnish: suojata tekijänoikeudella
• Greek: κατοχυρώνω (el) (katochyróno)
• Italian: porre sotto copyright
• Slovene: avtorsko zaščititi
• Swedish: upphovsrättsskydda
• Welsh: hawlfreintio

obtain a copyright

• Finnish: suojata tekijänoikeudella
• Italian: tutelare i diritti d'autore, tutelare i copyright

See also

• copyfight
• copyleft
• copyright infringement
• exclusive right
• copywrong

Finnish

Etymology

From English copyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopirɑi̯t/, [ˈko̞pirɑ̝i̯t̪]

Noun

copyright

1. copyright

Declension

Inflection of copyright (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		copyright	copyrightit
genitive		copyrightin	copyrightien
partitive		copyrightia	copyrighteja
illative		copyrightiin	copyrighteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		copyright	copyrightit
accusative	nom.	copyright	copyrightit
	gen.	copyrightin
genitive		copyrightin	copyrightien
partitive		copyrightia	copyrighteja
inessive		copyrightissa	copyrighteissa
elative		copyrightista	copyrighteista
illative		copyrightiin	copyrighteihin
adessive		copyrightilla	copyrighteilla
ablative		copyrightilta	copyrighteilta
allative		copyrightille	copyrighteille
essive		copyrightina	copyrighteina
translative		copyrightiksi	copyrighteiksi
instructive		—	copyrightein
abessive		copyrightitta	copyrighteitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of copyright (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative copyrightini copyrightini accusative nom. copyrightini copyrightini gen. copyrightini genitive copyrightini copyrightieni partitive copyrightiani copyrightejani inessive copyrightissani copyrighteissani elative copyrightistani copyrighteistani illative copyrightiini copyrighteihini adessive copyrightillani copyrighteillani ablative copyrightiltani copyrighteiltani allative copyrightilleni copyrighteilleni essive copyrightinani copyrighteinani translative copyrightikseni copyrighteikseni instructive — — abessive copyrightittani copyrighteittani comitative — copyrighteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative copyrightisi copyrightisi accusative nom. copyrightisi copyrightisi gen. copyrightisi genitive copyrightisi copyrightiesi partitive copyrightiasi copyrightejasi inessive copyrightissasi copyrighteissasi elative copyrightistasi copyrighteistasi illative copyrightiisi copyrighteihisi adessive copyrightillasi copyrighteillasi ablative copyrightiltasi copyrighteiltasi allative copyrightillesi copyrighteillesi essive copyrightinasi copyrighteinasi translative copyrightiksesi copyrighteiksesi instructive — — abessive copyrightittasi copyrighteittasi comitative — copyrighteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative copyrightimme copyrightimme accusative nom. copyrightimme copyrightimme gen. copyrightimme genitive copyrightimme copyrightiemme partitive copyrightiamme copyrightejamme inessive copyrightissamme copyrighteissamme elative copyrightistamme copyrighteistamme illative copyrightiimme copyrighteihimme adessive copyrightillamme copyrighteillamme ablative copyrightiltamme copyrighteiltamme allative copyrightillemme copyrighteillemme essive copyrightinamme copyrighteinamme translative copyrightiksemme copyrighteiksemme instructive — — abessive copyrightittamme copyrighteittamme comitative — copyrighteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative copyrightinne copyrightinne accusative nom. copyrightinne copyrightinne gen. copyrightinne genitive copyrightinne copyrightienne partitive copyrightianne copyrightejanne inessive copyrightissanne copyrighteissanne elative copyrightistanne copyrighteistanne illative copyrightiinne copyrighteihinne adessive copyrightillanne copyrighteillanne ablative copyrightiltanne copyrighteiltanne allative copyrightillenne copyrighteillenne essive copyrightinanne copyrighteinanne translative copyrightiksenne copyrighteiksenne instructive — — abessive copyrightittanne copyrighteittanne comitative — copyrighteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative copyrightinsa copyrightinsa accusative nom. copyrightinsa copyrightinsa gen. copyrightinsa genitive copyrightinsa copyrightiensa partitive copyrightiaan copyrightiansa copyrightejaan copyrightejansa inessive copyrightissaan copyrightissansa copyrighteissaan copyrighteissansa elative copyrightistaan copyrightistansa copyrighteistaan copyrighteistansa illative copyrightiinsa copyrighteihinsa adessive copyrightillaan copyrightillansa copyrighteillaan copyrighteillansa ablative copyrightiltaan copyrightiltansa copyrighteiltaan copyrighteiltansa allative copyrightilleen copyrightillensa copyrighteilleen copyrighteillensa essive copyrightinaan copyrightinansa copyrighteinaan copyrighteinansa translative copyrightikseen copyrightiksensa copyrighteikseen copyrighteiksensa instructive — — abessive copyrightittaan copyrightittansa copyrighteittaan copyrighteittansa comitative — copyrighteineen copyrighteinensa

Synonyms

• tekijänoikeus

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English copyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.pi.ʁajt/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. copyright

   Il était … une petite grenouille
   Copyright Clé International, Paris 1986.

   There Once Was… a Little Frog
   Copyright Clé International, Paris 1986.

Further reading

• “copyright”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.piˈrajt/, /ˌkɔ.piˈrajt/
• Rhymes: -ajt

Noun

copyright m

1. copyright

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English copyright.

Noun

copyright n (uncountable)

1. copyright

Declension

declension of copyright (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) copyright	copyrightul
genitive/dative	(unui) copyright	copyrightului
vocative	copyrightule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English copyright.

Noun

copyright m (plural copyrights)

1. copyright

Further reading

• “copyright”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014